Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 17 June 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

A bazaar in aid of the funds of the tiiatholic Church will be held in Palmerstah?abtiut Christmas time. -. ■■'■>. -.1 The consignment of cheese «ent from the 1 Woo^ille Dairy Factory to Sydney ;realued 9|a jpferib, giving a vet return, of 6|djjerlb v , v ;' li Te'nders%>r the erection of stock sale yards in Palmerston, for Messrs F.K. Jackson aifdf Co^ will be invited by Mfssrs Atkins and Clere, architects, within a few, days. V i^Wfe'.uniitVr^tahd a billiard match will take place at the Denbigh hotel on Saturday night next, at 8 o'clock, between : MrlF. Clementg and a local amateur, the ;iaitei: conp^ding the former 50 points out of 3(J0." The stake, we believe, is £3. .Gardeners and others are reminded if die sale of fruit trees to : be held at P. E. Go.'c i auction rooms, Kimbolton roaß,' ion ; Saturday next. The t^eea are. r frpm Mr Benefield's Aramoho "Nurseryl- and ; are of the best descriptions. „TMeisrs invite tenders, by advertisement in' another column, for additions to the Mangaone school. Plans, ? &CA'c*n7be' seen Fat .the office of Mr Edihund Goddb^here. Tenders will close on Wednesday, 23rd instant. ! %^&-u&faixnff^ot the counoil of the Manchester and Kiwitea Acclimatisation Society will be held at Messrs Freeman B. .Jackson andpo.'s offices (kite Halcombe and: Sherys^ll's)^ on Monday next, the 21e>t m|£antjatß<i'cloclc. . > ;i :Te Whiti, the Maori prophet, has summoned jiatiret from ail pnr » of the colony 4o attend his meeting to be held at P&rihaka: Numbers" of Maoris from Auckland, Nelson and Wungunui are; .ftlrettdy^on.the ground. — Peat. :.. 1.1 A re»i3.ent of JF^il.Hnjf yost»rday tried Jhard Jo., discover thnt the water b»«in}j puirtpod From his well was wirm enough *& i^3i^'te Pie rti'jMappronoh «f a volcanic eruption ! He even suggested a •lightly tiulplrarou* odour, but the bystanders c Ea Sbminor up'the hill to Fordell, the f tnj,inJrqm,Wan»an.uj > last night was too tneavv foriihe' : engine, which came to a standstill, f . The tram was run back for soine^is&nee, and the engine was put at tK^^ll jftl&'ft&^Jftfc withou 1 , the <|estr«d eSecfc-^^e Strain was then divided, the^-froni^portion-being taken to the •topoftho incline, after which the engine iretu«tted>Snd took up the second portion. She loss of time was about. 20 minutes. %It U cur#tif ilaleiijthat Sir J . Yogel will »ran<f 'fer Newton electorate ( A uckTamfnipfhe general election, and that the a^^Tc^t Hhßii nlretdy been assiduously jbjandl^d] in I; I ' 4 interest. The- fact that he presontedjthe petition |of this district tortfi^wiF suburlj»n railway instead of it^sinemt)»r; diingf , so}' is looked upon** |i^[iific^it^ fj, jj ■ v ■;# B.MV recently pointed oiitin theMiiKi»trate's Court a singular ,s~roig ijion ■' confined in ' the Impounding iiAwS ■; which 1 , ■•Seined to grant a special privilege to thr owners of land in Otago, Nelton^Marlborough and W««tl*nd, «rith reference t» trespass upon nitfenced land. It" appeared that in tbe South l^lanH the flaw of trespaiii applied to bbth fencer add unfenced^land vbut northward of the Strait* *}$iit\netion7Wili mode between .enclosed md tifisnold'sed land. 'I 'l'llr' MC^Mnlhaltra^" Hiptory of Prices «nc» the jear 1850." shows that, talcing 100 as the standard for 1860, weol iijnow represented by 52, sugar 57, grain bf 93. But th« fall i« not is general an s«pposed— thus, 1 meat' was never higher, being 148; dajry prodiice is also higher than ever known, 144. Potatoes and trine arein the' same position, the figure* being 157 a«d 151 respectively. The Carnarvon Caatle, a large sailing yehßel, lately out from Home, will sail from Wellington on or before the 28th rinstarit for KAmberley. The fares will be for p>»BPengers $%0, horses £10, and enrgo 50f per ton. . . A; jconftiderable number of paßsenger* have already paid deposits on their passiige "■'"money. Mr Fraser, the agent, who «irr»v^d at, Wanganui yesterday,. w.i.ll,, supply, intending passengers or snippers with full particulars. We have received a copy of the first issue of the Pahiatua Star — a bi-weekly journal published at the newly-formed settlement of Pahiatua. The paper is a very' creditable production indeed, being well printed, contains a large quantity of excellent reading matter, several well- writ ten editorials, and a good display of advertisements. The paper is conducted by our old friend, Vi r A. Black, formerly of the Patea Mail, and latterly of Palmer- ! ston North, and under his able management the future success of our new conj temporary is safely assured. A death under peculiar circumstances occurred tear Melbourne recently. One of a party of navvies in a hotel, whose real nnme is supposed to be Alec. Koy, stated tint he had iron a large wnger once by backing himself to drink nine pints of beer in 7?min , ani offered to repeat the fent. The wager was not taken up, and he then undertook to driak six pint* in 7rnin. for fun. He accomplished the task in s|min., and stood up alongside counter for about 5 .ninut^s, after which he fell .down insensible. He never recovered, and died about 1 1 o'clock. At <he inquest it transpired thnt deceased | < had drunk seven pints o c beer in lOmin , 1 prior to which he had had three pints in 1 less than half nn. hour, making a total of i ten pints within an hour.

We bare aeceived No. 5 of Han-ard f which reports the debates up to June4tb #

We understand that several persons who hare neglected to take, out licenses, j but hare n» verthelo&s been: in pursuit of ' game, are. likeiy to. be proceeded against.

Captain Edwin tele: raphs :— Bsirom* eter further rise everywhere. TelegramH to expect very cold niglil have been sent to all stations.

TheManawatuHeraldstronglysupporte ' the establishment of a co-operative butchery in Foxton. In the meantime the local butcher has reduced the pnoe of meat. , ;....

Mr Oarthew has just opened his usual monthly case of books and serials received by last direct steamer from England. Among other publications we noticed a cheaper edition ot Mr Froude's Octmna.

When the House was in committee on the Municipal Corporations Bill, Sir Georgd Grey moved an amendment to provide that every person over 21 years of age should have a right to rote, at Borough elections. It is, almost needless to say this amendment was lost, by 72 to 11. From these figures we gather that there are eleven members In. the House who are not Borough ratepayers. The idea of flooding the rolls of Boroughs with non-ratepayers is simply against the teachiugs of common sense or justice. Sir George Grey might as well propose that " every person over. 21 yearB I ' should, vote for the elections of directors of public companies.

We regret to Irani that Mr Edwin Pawson— a son-in-law to Mr H- Holland —was badly hurt earl? on Monday morning, at Messrs Wratt and Hendersen's mill, Daoevirke. We are informed that he was struck with the falling limb of a tree and crushed to the gronnd. He was removed to the Waipukurau hospital where he now lies, On examination it was y found that the sufferer's head was cut across the forehead, making a wound which required three stitches to briug it together. . The shoulder blade and pelvis bone are fractured. We understand that he is doing well.